Mattress handle



Dec. 22, 1925. 1,566,907

J. R. MERTES MATTRESS HANDLE Filed April 27, 1925 M ZZZ Patented Dec.22, 1925.

UNITED STATES JACOB R. MERTES, OF MILWAUKEE, .VISCONEJN.

MATTRESS HANDLE.

Application filed April 27, 1925. Serial No. 26,087.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB R. MERTEs, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MattressHandles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to mattress con struction and is particularlydirected to handles for mattresses.

In handling mattresses, it is well known that difficulty is experiencedin securing a firm grip on the mattress and also when it is desired tosun or air the mattress, it is necessary to lay the mattress over asupport and to occasionally turn the mattress to present both sides tothe sunlight.

This invention is designed to overcome the above noted defects, andobjects of the invention are to provide handles for a mattress which areso constructed that they may be most easily gripped by the operator inturning the mattress or moving it, which are adapted to be looped over aline and to thus support the mattress and expose both sides thereof.

Further objects are to provide handles for a mattress which arereenforced at their points of union with the mattress in a novel andhighly eifective manner, and to provide handles which have a detachableportion to thus permit their ready looping over a supporting linewithout requiring the threading of the line through the handles.

. An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mattress equipped with thehandles.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing one of the handles.

Figure 3 is a face view of the structure shown in Figure 2, with partsbroken away.

Figure 4 is an enlarged top View of the upper reenforcing member, with apart of the covering therefor broken away.

Referring in detail to the drawings, it will be seen that the mattress 1is provided with a plurality of handles along one edge thereof. Thesehandles each comprise a fixed portion 2 and a portion 3 which is securedat one end to the portion 2 and adapt ed for detachable attachmentthereto at the other end.

These handles are of identical construcapertures 6 formed in such tionand one only need, therefore, bedescribed in detail.

Referring particularly to Figures 2, 3 and 4, it will be seen that anupper and a lower angle iron or metal reenforcing member, indicated at tand 5, respectively, are provided. These reenforciug members areenclosed by a flexible strap like sheath which forms the portions 2 and3. This sheath is folded about the angle irons and stitching extendsthrough the sheath and through angle irons, as clearly shown in thesefigures.

It is to be noted further that this construction provides a doublethickness for the portions 2 and 3 and a very substantial reenforce atthe upper and lower edges of the mattress. If desired, the portion 3 maybe made of a separate piece from the portion 2 and attached, asindicated at 7, in Figure 2, beneath an overlapping portion of themember 2.

It is to be noted further that the upper angle iron 4 has a bifurcatedupper portion to provide a pair of legs 8 (see Fig. 4). Between theselegs a hook 9 is pivotally mounted upon a pintle pin 10, such pintle pinbeing secured by passing it through downwardly struck portions of thefeet 8. The outer end of the member 3 is reenforced by means of a metalplate 11, and a line of stitching 12 is passed across the member 3adjacent such plate to hold it rigidly in position. This plate, togetherwith the strap 3, is provided with an aperture 13 adapted to be engagedby the hook 9 when the handle is to be used.

In using the device it is merely necessary to rock the members 3upwardly and to pass the hooks 9 through the apertures 13. This forms aplurality of flexible loop-like handles by means of which the mattressmay be most readily handled.

Further, it is to be noted that when it is desired to sun or air themattress, the members 3 are passed over the line or other support andare then engaged by the hooks 9, thus securely suspending the mattressfrom the line.

t is to be noted further that the angle irons 4 and 5 form a very securereenforce for the attached portions of the handles and preventinadvertent tearing of the handles from the mattress.

i-ilthough the invention has been described in considerable detail, itis to be understood that the invention may be variously embodied and is,therefore, to be limited only as claimed.

I claim A strap-like handle for a mattress com- 1L=risi1ig an enclosingsheath, angle irons carried Within said sheath and adapted forpositioning adjacent the upper and lower corners of the mattress, saidangle irons being apertured for the reception of securing means passedthrough said sheath, angle irons and mattress, a hook carried by one ofsaid angle irons, said sheath having an extension projecting fromadjacent the other angle iron, and a reenforcing plate positioned in theouter end of said extension, said extension and plate being aperturedfor the reception of said hook.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee, in the countyof lililwaukee and State of isconsin.

JACOB R. MERTES.

